Both cities have cleaned up areas that were seriously tagged with graffiti and those locations remain unmarked today.

Express-Times file photo | BILL ADAMSMembers of the Easton Public Works Department remove graffiti from a building in the 1200 block of Pine Street.

"The whole idea is to get it removed quickly," said Easton Mayor Sal Panto.

Easton Councilman Jeff Warren, chairman of council's public safety committee, said he believes the city is cleaner than it was eight months ago. In addition to the ordinance, Warren credits a better working relationship between residents and police and people taking pride in where they live.